The Boston Celtics and Charlotte Bobcats are discussing a trade centered around Glen "Big Baby'' Davis and D.J. Augustin, according to league sources.

The sources cautioned that nothing is imminent, but said the clubs are having discussions.

The Bobcats have been searching for a power forward, and the 6-9 Davis could be their man. The Celtics, meanwhile, have been longing for a backup point guard, and Augustin, who's fallen out of favor with Charlotte coach Larry Brown, would be more than adequate.

A straight-up trade would not work because Davis is a base-year compensation player, so other players would have to be involved to meet the financial requirements. That could be a sticking point in the deal.

Well this deal totally depends on the other parts. Many in Boston are down on Davis right now. I think he's finally starting to show some life myself as he works off the rust from his thumb injury. He's really worked hard to get his body fat down. Contrast that with the high paid backup big man lazy chucker the C's signed in the Summer. Our big man depth would take a serious blow with this trade (I'd feel better about it if Leon was about to make his NBA return for us instead of our Eastern Conference rivals).

Now Augustin is a young player who showed some offensive flashes last year, but isn't playing as well this year. It's been said he's not really a traditional point guard (I remember during the first week of the season when Felton got injured versus the Celtics and we beat the Bobcats by about 70. Tommy was killing D.J. that he wasn't a point guard.) And Augustin's listed at 6 feet. You couldn't really play him with Rondo or House. The one thing that makes me somewhat intrigued about this guy is that he put up very solid numbers as a rookie on a Larry Brown coached team. This year's Bobcats lottery pick, Gerald Henderson, is playing in the Developmental League right now (Hey I'll take him as a throw-in. You love dumping your lottery picks MJ, cough Morrison, cough May).

I would have preferred for Ainge to have simply signed Jason Williams in the offseason, but I've been saying that for 3 years, so he obviously doesn't listen to me. I also wanted Birdman over O'Bryant, to keep Powe, and to buy back the Rudy Fernandez pick when the Suns were selling it. Sorry tangent. So what do you think of this proposed swap?

Big Baby seems to playing better recently and if he gets back to the player we saw in the playoffs last spring he is a keeper.

It's hard to give up Davis when the lazy chucker has no interest in working inside on a regular basis. We do need Baby onboard - especially with the useless Scal and exiled Shelden still in uniform.

That being said, DJ would be a decent back up pg we don't currently have. Yes, he's a punk, but Eddie can't handle the point against any decent pressure. The only redundancy would be adding another streaky sg off the bench

Rondo will have to play 44-45 mpg to get this team thru the playoffs as currently constructed!

I agree with Thomas that as presently constructed he'd need to. My worry Karl is that if he plays that many minutes you'd be getting a watered down Rondo by each 4th quarter...on the defensive end at least.

I really want Paul Pierce to take some time off and come back with a ton of energy. We need a second star badly.

Maybe the Bobcats could include something that we could swing over to Chicago for Tyrus Thomas. If we added Augustin and Thomas, while not a drastic shakeup, it would add some youth and athleticism to our rotation (two things we sorely need). Now would Doc play them?

I must admit I am surprised by this rumor, but it makes sense for the C's. Davis is a limited (but with talent) player and we need a PG. I am convinced Baby is one of the players "with agendas" and somehow not contributing to the ubuntu chimera...

You know, it's quite funny that yesterday I decided I wouldn't track any rumors because I had gotten exhausted with possible deals to Sactown, Chicago and Oakland... I said to myself that I wouldn't expect any trade and that I would check that back after the All Star game...LOL! As if that was possible! :D I finally logged in Celticslife before going to sleep and here I see this rumor! Quite amazing!

By the way, I hope Sheed doesn't leave. I just got his C's jersey in ebay :P

we need some young big players...trade ray allen for monta ellis!throw away house scal and wallace.especially wallace that he is not playing well.try to get tim thomas and monta ellis for our celtics team.those two are athletic and young and really can score the basket.that'll be my target if im sir ainge...